Li Xiyue took out two cigarettes and handed them over, saying, "Hello, Vice Captain. Please take care of me in the future."
Xu Dawei took it and saw that it was Daqianmen cigarettes. His expression immediately changed. "No problem."
"You've worked hard, Vice Captain. Have a piece of candy to perk yourself up." Huang Xinrui followed suit and handed him a handful of candy as well.
Xu Dawei smiled more when he saw that the fruit candies were only one cent each. "You're so sensible."
"Please take good care of these two children in the future," Grandma Yu said to Xu Dawei.
Xu Dawei nodded. "Auntie, let's go back. It'll be dark soon if we don't leave now."
Grandma Yu quickly agreed and pulled the two of them along, saying, "Let's go home."
Zhao Xiaoli was climbing onto the oxcart when Xu Dawei saw her and swung a stick at her. If she hadn't dodged quickly, she would have been hit on the back of her hand. She screamed, "Squad leader, what are you doing?"
"The oxcart is only for luggage, not for people. Get off," Xu Dawei said with a gloomy face.
Everyone else knows to call him deputy team leader, but is this female educated youth deaf or stupid? She actually calls him squad leader. And everyone else knows to give him something, but she doesn't—is she poor or just unwilling to spend money?
Regardless, Xu Dawei had a very bad first impression of Zhao Xiaoli, so naturally he didn't treat her well.
Zhao Xiaoli was furious. "There are so many seats available, why won't you let me sit?"
"Because you don't deserve it!" Xu Dawei said, ignoring her still clinging to the side of the cart, and drove the oxcart away.
Zhao Xiaoli fell to the ground, seeing stars from the pain, but the other party was the captain of the production team, and she would have to make a living under his control in the future, so she could only dare to be angry but not speak out.
Li Xiyue didn't sympathize with Zhao Xiaoli at all. She deserved it. In the countryside, cows are more precious than people. It was already good enough that they helped them with their luggage. She even wanted to sit on it. How could they be polite to her?
Chunfeng Commune is about a half-hour drive from Hongtaiyang Production Team. Li Xiyue and her friends, who came from the city and were pampered, had never walked such a long distance before and it took them a full hour and a half to get there.
Although Grandma Yu was from the countryside, she was old and spent most of the journey in an oxcart. Xu Dawei treated her very politely, and they chatted and laughed all the way.
This greatly displeased Zhao Xiaoli, but Xu Dawei was the deputy captain and was fierce, so she didn't dare to provoke him and kept her angry all the way.
When we arrived at the production team, it was already dark. By the moonlight, we could see that it was a poor village with rows of low, dilapidated mud houses and slogans on the walls.
But in the distance, you can see vast stretches of paddy fields, terraced fields, and continuous green mountains. The scenery here must be beautiful during the day.
Although the weather was cold, they were all sweating from walking. Xu Dawei led the three of them to the educated youth settlement, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said, "We're here."
Grandma Yu said to Li Xiyue, "Yueyue, it's getting late, I'll go home first. Come visit Grandma tomorrow, and Grandma will thank you properly."
"Okay, Grandma Yu." Li Xiyue was carrying her luggage down when she heard this and waved to Grandma Yu.
"Deputy Captain, have the educated youth arrived?" At this moment, a man of about twenty-five or twenty-six years old came out of the educated youth settlement.
Xu Dawei nodded to him, "Wang Zhiqing, I'm leaving the people in your care. Tell them about the rules of our production team. I'm going back now."
"Okay, Vice Captain, thank you for your hard work," Wang Jiaxing replied with a smile.
After Xu Dawei drove the oxcart away with Grandma Yu, Wang Jiaxing looked at the three female educated youths in front of him and said with a smile, "Three female comrades have come this time. This is going to be lively at the educated youth settlement."
"Hello, Wang Zhiqing, how many people are there in our educated youth settlement?" Huang Xinrui asked sweetly.
Wang Jiaxing said, "Let's come in first. It's getting late and the wind is strong."
Having worked up a sweat from walking, Li Xiyue and the others felt a bit cold as the wind blew, so they quickly grabbed their luggage and followed him into the educated youth settlement.
There are only four or five rooms inside. The two main rooms are directly opposite the courtyard gate, but they are separated by a vegetable garden. The vegetable garden is surrounded by bamboo poles, leaving only a small door for entry and exit, where some cold-resistant small green vegetables are planted.
There is a kitchen and a woodshed on the left, and an outhouse on the right.
There is also a well in the corner of the kitchen.
Although there aren't many houses, the place is spacious, and there's a yard enclosed by a fence, so the space is still quite large.
“We’re not like the North in the South. There aren’t many educated youth here. I’m the only one.” Wang Jiaxing pointed to a main room on the left. “I live there. You female educated youth will live in the room on the right. There’s no one in there. I’ve already tidied up the room.”
Zhao Xiaoli was surprised, "Just you? That means you have a room all to yourself? That's great!"
The fact that the educated youth was so young was a surprise to Li Xiyue and Huang Xinrui. They originally thought that there would be at least two or three educated youth in the south, but they didn't expect that there was only one in a production team.
“There was another female educated youth who went to the countryside with me before, but she later married and moved to the county... In recent years, no educated youth have come to our area, so I am all alone.”
When the topic of the former female educated youth came up, Wang Jiaxing's expression turned sour, but he quickly recovered, saying, "Although the three of you shared a room, the room was quite large and there was plenty of room for you all."
"It's getting late today, and you must be tired from your journey, so I won't say much more. Rest first, and I'll treat you to a welcome dinner tomorrow," Wang Jiaxing said with a smile. "I've also prepared hot water in the kitchen for you to wash up."
He was indeed very happy because he was too lonely here. As an outsider, he couldn't integrate into the village at all. In addition, what the female educated youth had done before made the villagers even more resistant to educated youth, and his life was very difficult.
Now that three educated youths have arrived at once, he is no longer fighting alone.
Even if things aren't going well, he can feel a little better if everyone is going through the same thing.
Moreover, with female educated youths helping him share the burden of the villagers' firepower, his life became much easier afterward.
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